Κέαται
they lie, they lie down
Translated by Nick Nicholas10 Oct 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[ke/atai is the same as] kei=ntai .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κέαται· κεῖνται.
Betacode
*ke/atai: kei=ntai.
Notes
- The epic third person plural of
kei=mai (perfect with present sense) is glossed with its Attic counterpart. Same entry already in Hesychius (kappa1958) and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 11.659, where the headword occurs (web address 1). The Etymologicum Gudianum (p. 309) discusses this form, calling it an Ionic present tense (there are further instances in Herodotus). The alpha comes from a dialectal treatment of vocalic n; see Smyth §791D (web address 2).
Besides 11.659 (above), the formke/atai occurs also in Iliad 11.826, 16.24, 19.203. For other forms of this verb, see kappa 1473, kappa 1474.